Letters from Sunnyvale Sun readers

I know and have worked with Julia Miller on the Sunnyvale City Council. She is an excellent candidate for the El Camino Hospital District board.

In addition to many regional boards, she served as mayor and city council member in Sunnyvale. She is hard working, dependable and accountable to us, the public. With the current board, they have been subject to grand jury reports and LAFCO hearings.

Bring a reliable, fresh voice to the board: Julia Miller.

John Howe

Sunnyvale

Support Miller for El Camino Hospital board

Julia Miller is a candidate for the El Camino Hospital District board. As a former mayor and council member of Sunnyvale, she has the experience and credentials to represent her district on the El Camino Hospital board.

She has many, many years of experience serving on several regional and local boards, such as the San Francisco Bay Trail, Sustainable Silicon Valley, Leadership Sunnyvale, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and several others.

She is an excellent candidate and has the experience of managing large budgets and projects. She will be an independent voice for patient care, reduced health care costs, fiscal accountability, transparency and oversight of taxpayer dollars.

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Julia has the time, energy and background to continue her service to the community. Please vote for Julia Miller, El Camino Hospital District board.

Kavita Tankha

Los Altos Hills

Miller continues excellent run of public service

For more than 20 years, Julia Miller has served her community in one fashion or another. Service on the charter review panels, on committees supporting the community when she worked for Lockheed and her years of service as a council member in the city of Sunnyvale have demonstrated her concern for her community and the people that she has represented.

Julia has again taken up the mantle and has chosen to serve her community on the El Camino Hospital board of trustees. She is a well-qualified public servant who will provide the diligent oversight of the El Camino Hospital District that is needed.

I urge the voters in the hospital district to vote for an advocate who will make a positive impact. Vote for Julia Miller for El Camino Hospital District board.

Jim Davis

Sunnyvale

Jim Davis is a member of the Sunnyvale City Council.

Patrick Kwok an easy choice for water board

I have been a longtime supporter of Patrick Kwok since he was elected to the Cupertino City Council in 2000.

I understood why he left the council to pursue his professional passion, having worked in water resources management his entire career. Kwok came in from the outside to the water district five years ago with both professional and policy-making experience.

He is a seasoned elected official who works well with the community and other policy makers. He has laid some good groundwork during his first term. My vote is for Kwok.

I was saddened when he left the Cupertino City Council, but he didn't go far. I trusted him as our mayor, and I trust him now as our district representative.

Ellen Yuen

Cupertino

Measure B not really about clean water

The Santa Clara Valley Water District is a dishonest and wasteful custodian of taxpayers' dollars and the public's trust. The voter thinks Measure B will protect our creeks, trails and ecosystems and assure that we have clean water.

However, the majority of taxpayer monies will go toward building three large flood basins in Mountain View's Cuesta Park Annex and McKelvey Park and Cupertino's Rancho San Antonio, destroying the natural beauty and wildlife in the process.

The water district admits the likelihood of flood is 1 percent per year but is still willing to allocate $40 million when so many other projects need the money, such as repairing our reservoirs and making them earthquake safe. Their flood calculations are based on false and/or manipulated data and exaggerated flood scenarios.

The water district's own environmental impact report states that damage to the environment at Rancho San Antonio and Cuesta Annex will be "significant."

The Mercury News reported $2.6 million in taxpayer funds were spent on an unauthorized gazebo project in Alviso by board member Richard Santos. Go to NBCBayArea.com and click on "Investigative Reports," which detail dishonest spending practices by board members Santos and Patrick Kwok.